Post by jonsdigs on Sept 12, 2010 15:30:41 GMT -5
Scientists find drugs that may fight bat disease
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP)
9/12/10
BOSTON — Scientists may have found some ways to help the nation's bats, which are being wiped out by a novel fungal disease, an unprecedented wildlife crisis.
Lab tests show that several drugs can fight the germ and that some antiseptics might help decontaminate areas where bats live or the shoes and hands of people who visit them, researchers reported at an infectious-diseases conference Sunday.
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP)
9/12/10
BOSTON — Scientists may have found some ways to help the nation's bats, which are being wiped out by a novel fungal disease, an unprecedented wildlife crisis.
Lab tests show that several drugs can fight the germ and that some antiseptics might help decontaminate areas where bats live or the shoes and hands of people who visit them, researchers reported at an infectious-diseases conference Sunday.
Full Story